M&A Deal Summary

Lavendon Group Acquires Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen

On November 9, 2006, Lavendon Group acquired business services company Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen from Brambles for 46M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lavendon Group’s 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Lavendon Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lavendon Group’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-09
Target Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Lavendon Group
Sellers(s) Brambles
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 46M EUR

Target

Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen

Alpen, Germany
Gardemann Arbeitsbühnen GmbH is a Germany's third largest supplier of powered access rental equipment, with a fleet of over 1,700 powered access units, a network of 23 depots and approximately 250 staff. The business is headquartered in Alpen, Germany (some 60 kilometres north-west of Dusseldorf), where the central management team, national call centre, fleet repair, finance, marketing, human resources and IT support operations are based.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lavendon Group

Lutterworth, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Business Services
Employees1,900
DESCRIPTION

Lavendon Group Plc is a provider of rental powered access equipment in European and Middle East market. Company provide enables users to work safely, productively and comfortably at height, whatever the application. From depots in Bahrain, Belgium, France, Germany, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the United Arab Emirates, we manage a fleet of over 21,000 access platform units.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 9
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-21 A.M.P Access

Taunton, United Kingdom

A.M.P Access Ltd. supplies mechanical access equipment to the construction industry, operates a fleet of 525 powered access machines through a network of four depots in the South-West region of the UK, employing 57 people.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Brambles

Sydney, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1875
Sector Transportation
Employees12,058
Revenue 6.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Brambles is a supply-chain logistics company operating primarily through the CHEP and IFCO brands. Brambles was founded in 1875 and is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
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LeanLogistics is a global solutions provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) transportation management technology and supply chain services. The company delivers complete transportation planning, execution, settlement, and procurement, as well as visibility and business intelligence, to improve transportation processes, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. LeanTMS enables shippers to scale infrastructure and business processes while gaining efficiencies to improve service offerings.

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